Thrillers and horror lean on coin flips, rigged games, and contracts to build...

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Thrillers and horror lean on coin flips, rigged games, and contracts to build dread by forcing characters into brutal bets with fate. Think of No Country for Old Men, where a coin toss doubles as a death sentence